Local Nature Recovery Strategy

How the LNRS will be used

What the LNRS will be used for

The LNRS identifies the places and actions that are best for nature recovery in West Northamptonshire, so enabling individuals and collaborative partnership to realise tasks, projects and funding opportunities.

These actions not only recovery nature, they also provide locally relevant wider environmental benefits. The strategy guides Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) and open up opportunities in the planning process to improve the natural environment for nature recovery.

Farmers and land managers can use the LNRS to help identify and understand the opportunities for nature recovery on their land.

The LNRS could create local opportunities for businesses to achieve their Environment Social Governance (SEG) objectives.

Within the LNRS, there are actions for most people. Therefore, almost everyone can help nature thrive and encourage wildlife across the whole of West Northamptonshire. We want to encourage communities to be involved and foster a sense of local ownership, responsibility, and appreciation of their local nature. 

Priorities and potential measures

We will continue to engage with a wide range of participants such as landowners, farmers, estates, churches, parishes, and businesses across West Northamptonshire, supporting, facilitating and empowering the delivery of the LNRS actions.

Our future role is to monitor actions implemented. To achieve this we are working a mapping tool and other methodology monitor success.

Changes to land

The LNRS is a tool to identify the best opportunities for nature recovery and the actions are optional. No-one will be obliged or forced to change their land through the LNRS. The LNRS intends to help farmers and land managers to decide if there are actions that they could undertake for nature recovery.

We acknowledge that farmers, foresters and landowners understand their land and the wildlife it contains. Therefore, we will listen to this local knowledge, when seeking the best options for nature recovery. We welcome being approached and will support you where we’re able, with advice, workshops, and signposting to experts.

LNRSs can also enable land managers to work better together with joined-up actions helping to improve landscape connectivity. We welcoming working with farm clusters or other similar groups or networks.

Last updated 11 September 2025